Enhanced integration of motion information in children with autism

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 6979-6986

  Manning, Catherine ^a,b   Tibber, Marc S ^c   Charman, Tony ^d   Dakin, Steven C ^c,e   Pellicano, Elizabeth ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental disorders; Motion perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NOISE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS; ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84929353387     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4645-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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